Art Therapy

Sometimes what we want or need to communicate most can’t be said in words.  Emotions can be difficult, unyielding, too much. Creative expression is the energy of the body and spirit.  In the digital world it is easy to succumb to endless scrolling. This can lead to numbing, feelings can go unprocessed and lead to a loss of energy and a hopelessness.  Social media can be addicting and does not allow us to process.

Art therapy is a powerful healing modality that saves lives. Art involves everything we do, every part of us.  What we cannot put into words we can energetically draw.  Art therapy is not about masterpieces . It is about expressing what is going on with and within you.  When we create our emotions and experience will come out in a line, squiggles, visual stories . That is the beauty and strength of the process of creating.  Freud believed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious.  I believe the route is through art.

Art therapy is not about masterpieces.  You can draw, paint, collage,  make small sculpture. Loss is often a difficult feeling to express or process. Often people bring in an object or a photo  and work from that. This process is charged with energy, activating memories and feelings that are often inaccessible to the thinking brain.  People also bring in found objects to create a scene or story.  Materials, story boards or sewing can express feelings helping to grieve the loss of a loved one.